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Wiggins crowned Tour champion today

Wiggins punches through the line after a dominant time trial (Pascal Pavani)

BRADLEY WIGGINS crosses the line in the final time trial of the Tour de France
in Chartres. The victory, his second stage success this year, confirmed the
32-year-old as the first British rider to win the world’s toughest tour,
which was first held in 1903.

No Briton has even stood on the podium before — Wiggins finished fourth in
2009 and Robert Millar was fourth in 1984. The Team Sky leader will be
joined today by his compatriot Chris Froome, the runner-up who has worked
hard to help Wiggins through the Alps and Pyrenees.